Technological Infrastructure Policy: An International Perspective - Economics of Science, Technology and Innovation 1996 edition

Marc Notes: At head of title: The Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies.; Includes bibliographical references. Table of Contents: An Introduction to Technological Infrastructure and Technological Infrastructure Policy. I: Underpinnings. Technological Infrastructure Policy (TIP): Creating Capabilities and Building Markets; M. Justman, M. Teubal. Infratechnologies and Economic Growth; G. Tassey. Information Distribution and the Growth of Economically Valuable Knowledge: A Rationale for Technological Infrastructure Policies; P. A. David, D. Foray. Technological Infrastructure in Information Technology Industries; W. E. Steinmueller. Government Technology Procurement as an Instrument of Technology Policy; C. Edquist. II: TIP for Leading-Edge Industries. The Design of High-Technology Consortia: Lessons from SEMATECH; P. Grindley, et al. Biotechnology and Advanced Technological Infrastructure Policies: The Example of the UK's Protein Engineering Club; M. Sharp. Generic R & D Collaboration Between Firms: The Israeli Experience; D. Kaufmann, T. Yinon. III: TIP for SMEs in Established Industries. Transfer of Technology to Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs): Conceptual Changes and Lessons from the Two Banks of the Rhine; P. Cohendet. Modernizing Small Manufacturers in the United States and Japan: Public Technological Infrastructures and Strategies; P. Shapira. Modernizing Manufacturing: Consultancy, Advisory, and Extension Services to Improve Small Business Performance; G. Vickery.

Contributor Bio:  Foray, Dominique Dominique Foray holds the Chair in Economics and Management of Innovation and is Director of the College of Management of Technology at ?cole Polytechnique F?d?rale de Lausanne. He is the author of "The Economics of Knowledge" (MIT Press, 2004). Contributor Bio:  Justman, Moshe Moshe Justman is Professor of Economics at Ben Gurion University.